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marsupial

[mahr-soo-pee-uhl] / mɑrˈsu pi əl /


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Staff at Hobart Airport in Australia's Tasmania state said the disoriented marsupial was spotted among the stuffed toys on Wednesday.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

The first rediscovered species was the pygmy long-fingered possum, a striped marsupial weighing about 200g, which is understood to have vanished from Australia during the Ice Age.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

They suggest that brief, rapid bursts of hopping may have helped some giant kangaroo species avoid predators, including members of an extinct group of marsupial lions known as Thylacoleo.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026

In recent years, scientists have aimed to clone the Tasmanian tiger or thylacine, an extinct marsupial.

From Salon • Jun. 19, 2024

“Frank Zhang has moves. He’s probably gonna turn into a kangaroo and do some marsupial jujitsu on their ugly faces.”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan



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